The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 14, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
5:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 55
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 322.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.54° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.