The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 2019
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
3:46 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1193
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 239.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.29° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.07° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.