The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1918
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
10:53 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 2.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.17° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.07° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.