The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2000
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
5:37 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 959
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.79° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.20° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.