The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
6:18 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3162
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.46° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.86° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.