The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
5:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1294
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.56° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.