The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 2070
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
1:04 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1826
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.99° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.70° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.