The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
3:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 140.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.50° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.30° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.