The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
1:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2519
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 | 119.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.67° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.68° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.