The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2068
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
7:48 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1801
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 146.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.09° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.60° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 28.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.