The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 27, 2021
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
9:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.25° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.59° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.