The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 2024
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.20° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.24° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.