The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1986
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.25° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.64° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.