The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1998
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
11:40 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 43.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.53° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.74° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.