The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2090
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
9:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2074
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 | 32.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -1.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.28° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.67° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.