The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
2:19 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1949
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.23° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.94° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.