The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 2188
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
11:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3286
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.53° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.92° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.