The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 2060
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
9:28 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other 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.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.02° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.54° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.