The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1954
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
5:15 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 389
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 | 308.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.60° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.33° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.