The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 26, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 154.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.39° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.75° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.