The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 1934
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
7:41 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 143
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 30m / -13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.41° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.86° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.