The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2017
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
11:39 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 55.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.21° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.24° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.