The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1997
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
2:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 922
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 | 281.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.03° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.08° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.