The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2079
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
8:55 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1936
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.25° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.10° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.