The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
2:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2049
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 | 129.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 56.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.48° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.86° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.