The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 1990
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 835
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 87.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.48° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.07° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.