The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1970
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
3:30 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.64° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.25° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.