The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
2:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 125.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -23.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.73° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.51° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| 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.