The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
5:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
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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 | 167.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.31° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.37° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.