The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 27, 2005
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.99° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.80° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.