The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
3:15 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3260
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 | 138.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.67° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.13° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.