The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
2:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.17° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.