The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 27, 1959
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
2:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.62° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.45° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.