The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1953
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
6:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 377
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.44° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.02° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.