The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 27, 2179
Waning Crescent
45.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
2:21 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3172
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.92° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.22° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.