The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
9:02 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 22.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.05° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.67° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.