The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1948
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 251.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.49° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.27° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.