The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 27, 2030
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
6:33 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1329
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 218.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.71° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.57° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.