The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 27, 1970
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
4:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 296.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.13° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.91° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.