The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% 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
3:19 PM
12:08 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1678
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 | 97.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.92° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.06° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.