The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 27, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
2:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1478
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.96° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.16° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.