The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 2074
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
11:26 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1874
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.87° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.74° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.