The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 2008
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
3:10 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1057
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 | 284.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.25° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.86° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.