The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1954
Waning Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
7:18 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.2° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.39° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.26° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.