The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 27, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
5:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 166.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.90° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.17° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.