The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2056
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
9:08 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1653
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 | 208.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.50° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.