The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1121
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 | 261.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.40° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.49° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.