The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 2027
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:07 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1293
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.29° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.03° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.