The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
12:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.43° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.86° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.