The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 27, 2048
Waning Gibbous
96.3% 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
10:27 PM
7:52 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1552
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.80° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.78° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.