The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
3:47 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2926
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.0° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.86° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.32° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.