The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
2:20 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 674
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.56° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.95° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.