The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
3:25 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 575
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.5° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.94° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.15° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.