The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
1:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -266
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 77.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.30° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.41° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.