The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2022
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
8:46 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1233
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.06° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.36° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.