The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
11:04 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 23.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.40° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.40° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.