The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 1959
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
12:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 451
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 | 255.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.88° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.59° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.