The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
3:30 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 340
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.7° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.31° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.96° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.