The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 2153
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2852
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.39° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.