The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 1978
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
1:52 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.81° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.