The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1943
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
3:30 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.81° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.86° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.