The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1982
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
12:45 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.23° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.65° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.