The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
1:56 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.88° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.71° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| 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.