The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1963
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
1:01 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.01° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.22° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.