The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1903
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
10:00 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -241
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.67° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.03° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.