The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 2027
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1292
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.60° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.57° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.