The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1963
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
12:23 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 502
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 | 80.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.21° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.54° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.