The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 26, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
2:05 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 303
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 | 103.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 67.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.17° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.12° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.18° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.