The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
1:53 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.34° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.56° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.