The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
6:26 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1095
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.3° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.00° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.43° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.