The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2027
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
11:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1294
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.07° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.57° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.