The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
4:21 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 28.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.79° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.93° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.