The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2016
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
4:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.39° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.60° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.