The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2086
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
10:29 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2024
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 | 221.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.27° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.49° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.