The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
2:53 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 125.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.31° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.34° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.