The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1902
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
12:31 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -253
Events on this date
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Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.18° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.