The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
1:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 109.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.22° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.32° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.