The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
1:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 773
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 | 101.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.56° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.55° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.