The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1975
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:43 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / 1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.36° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.24° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.