The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2056
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
7:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1652
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 | 191.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.47° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.