The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 27, 2107
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
12:58 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2282
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.14° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.83° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.