The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 2025
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
11:19 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1268
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.71° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.59° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.