The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
4:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 150.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.79° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.05° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.