The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 27, 1960
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
11:16 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 464
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.48° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.11° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.