The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 27, 2078
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
7:52 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -24.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.00° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.81° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.