The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 2009
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1070
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 | 67.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.14° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.27° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.