The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1959
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
1:27 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.80° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.