The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 27, 2170
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
5:45 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3062
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.41° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.95° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 208.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.