The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 27, 2077
Waxing Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
1:15 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1911
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 5.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.43° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.60° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.