The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
3:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2185
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 0.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.46° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.67° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| 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.