The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
2:49 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1157
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.42° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.88° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.