The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1927
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
4:20 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.67° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.15° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.