The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1946
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
7:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.6° / 177.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 52m / 21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.26° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.26° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.