The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3088
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 | 99.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.01° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.67° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.