The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
2:26 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2655
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.24° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.25° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.