The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2142
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
11:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2717
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.65° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.90° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.