The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 26, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
2:24 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 439
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 62.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.44° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.76° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.