The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.38° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| 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.