The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2027
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
6:17 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1294
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.3° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.16° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.07° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.