The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
3:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.41° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.71° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.