The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 1986
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:12 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 785
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.47° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.99° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.