The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
3:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1280
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 | 154.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.6° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -26.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.56° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.98° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.