The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 1970
Last Quarter
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
2:20 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.03° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.02° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.