The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2197
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
6:56 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3397
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.08° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 333.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.