The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1961
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
6:08 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.09° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.