The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1922
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
10:53 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.97° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.07° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.