The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
3:08 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 909
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 | 131.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.20° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.94° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.