The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 27, 1938
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
8:52 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 191
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 132.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.25° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.92° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.