The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1915
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
6:34 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -92
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.53° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.56° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.