The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 2056
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
6:16 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 4:45 AM, is deepest at 6:01 AM and ends at 7:16 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.22° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.