The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1918
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
9:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.24° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.42° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.