The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1926
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
6:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.81° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.62° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.