The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
3:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1046
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 | 150.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.1° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -27.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.16° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.12° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.