The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 1983
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
6:59 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 748
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 | 194.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.02° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.80° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.