The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1967
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 551
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.92° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.85° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.