The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 26, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
2:47 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 575
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 | 135.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.27° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.34° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| 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.