The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 1990
Waxing Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
11:29 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 836
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 | 68.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.88° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.39° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.