The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 2024
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
12:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1255
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.05° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.