The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
4:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 241
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 | 153.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.08° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.56° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.