The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2044
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1505
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.89° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.37° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.