The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 26, 1978
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
12:48 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 686
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 | 259.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.45° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.40° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.