The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
4:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 341
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 | 159.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.3° / 343.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.03° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.33° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.