The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 27, 2105
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
7:02 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2258
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -12.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.16° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.46° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.