The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1944
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
12:25 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 81.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.32° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.13° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.