The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1991
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
6:21 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 847
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.40° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| 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.