The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2037
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:27 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1418
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.13° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.71° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.