The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 1951
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
2:09 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 352
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.01° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.21° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.