The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
2:29 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 909
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 | 119.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.52° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.14° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.