The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
3:31 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -129
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 | 163.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.2° / 25.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.10° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.20° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.