The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1995
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
8:36 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 898
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 134.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.53° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.23° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 5.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.