The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 1930
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
10:45 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 93
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.55° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.39° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.