The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 2020
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
1:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1206
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 | 81.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.48° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.80° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.