The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 1906
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
11:22 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.48° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.14° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.