The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 27, 1976
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
9:00 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.69° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.45° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 351.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.