The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 27, 1954
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
6:29 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 389
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.16° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.58° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.