The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1948
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
10:41 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.28° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.41° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.