The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 26, 1995
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
7:54 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 896
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.1° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.67° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.85° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.