The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
12:41 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2148
Events on this date
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.70° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.46° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.