The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
2:10 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1245
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -27.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.11° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.64° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.