The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 27, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
1:03 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 402
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 | 96.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.11° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.58° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.