The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 2057
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
6:06 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1664
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.0° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.83° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.39° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.