The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2057
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
7:11 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1665
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 192.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.99° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.12° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.