The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
12:16 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1913
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 | 100.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.44° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.25° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| 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.