The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 1956
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
11:02 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 232.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.48° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.67° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.