The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2143
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
9:00 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.48° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.51° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.