The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2097
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
11:40 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2160
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 | 236.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.28° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.89° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| 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.