The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 1, 1927
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
11:18 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.21° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.55° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.