The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 1900
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
7:48 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.1° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.29° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.82° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.