The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 1956
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
9:15 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 217.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.14° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.81° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.