The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
1:03 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 96.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 78.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.15° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.17° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.