The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 1941
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
10:59 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 229
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 | 33.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.19° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.93° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.