The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1968
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
10:25 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 564
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 | 25.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.46° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.11° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.