The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
1:09 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 167
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.19° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.16° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.