The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1976
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
8:58 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.36° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.79° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.