The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
2:03 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 69
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.61° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.88° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.