The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
5:34 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 170.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.87° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.