The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 2018
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
6:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:24 PM, is deepest at 4:21 PM and ends at 6:19 PM. Totality lasts from 3:29 PM to 5:13 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.62° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.