The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1952
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
11:18 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 366
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 | 62.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.62° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.79° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.