The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 2027
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
9:13 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1292
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.80° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.36° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.