The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1957
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
8:50 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 132.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.98° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.26° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.