The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
10:08 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -8.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.33° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.24° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.