The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 2040
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:31 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.14° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.03° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| 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.