The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 1953
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
5:11 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 377
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -26.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.58° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.