The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1930
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
10:33 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 94
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.64° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.72° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.