The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1914
Waxing Crescent
17.9% 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
9:06 AM
11:03 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -105
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.12° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.57° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.