The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
12:56 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 107.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.18° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.94° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.13° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| 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.