The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% 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
4:54 PM
1:53 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 304
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 | 120.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 72.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.69° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.30° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.