The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1978
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
2:45 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 687
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.77° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.27° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.