The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 1944
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
1:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.23° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.80° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.