The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2196
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
10:00 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3385
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 | 52.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.47° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.58° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.