The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 27, 1948
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
11:41 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 315
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 | 248.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.14° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.62° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.