The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 27, 1981
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
5:43 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 724
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.20° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.40° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.