The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2027
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
12:08 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1294
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.71° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.77° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.