The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2027
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:01 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1294
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.38° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.