The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1924
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
5:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 19
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 | 313.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.99° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.20° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.