The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
1:14 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 114.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.10° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.46° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.