The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1987
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
10:40 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 26.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.17° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.22° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.