The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2181
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
10:16 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3199
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 296.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.59° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.08° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.