The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% 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
4:35 PM
1:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2754
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 | 118.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.08° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.87° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| 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.