The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 2040
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1453
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 | 220.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.16° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.39° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.