The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2051
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
10:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1590
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.11° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.23° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| 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.