The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2063
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
9:58 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1740
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.78° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.80° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.