The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 2027
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
5:47 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1293
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.01° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.58° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.