The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 27, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 130.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.94° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.70° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.