The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 1981
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
3:15 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 289.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.44° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.49° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.