The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 27, 2076
Waning Crescent
9.5% 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
3:24 AM
6:47 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1899
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.9° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.77° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.20° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.