The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2052
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
9:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1604
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.70° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.05° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.