The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 27, 2014
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
8:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 126.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.43° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.