The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 1979
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
11:10 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 699
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.12° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.54° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.