The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
5:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.88° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.56° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.