The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1916
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
6:31 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -80
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 230.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 25.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.42° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.38° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.