The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 1972
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:40 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 612
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 | 190.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.26° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.82° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.