The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
2:56 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 810
Events on this date
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Saturn and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.25° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.55° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.