The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 2013
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
12:05 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.32° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.83° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.