The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1905
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
3:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -216
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 | 305.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.28° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.88° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| 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.