The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1937
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
8:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.25° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.03° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.