The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
7:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1083
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.09° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.84° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.