The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 1949
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
10:27 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.04° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.92° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.