The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 2038
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
6:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1430
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.2° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.80° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.31° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.