The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1957
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
8:57 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.11° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.59° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 321.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.