The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 27, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
2:58 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2790
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 | 133.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.60° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.52° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| 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.