The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 2041
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
9:09 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1466
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 123.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.81° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.73° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.