The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 26, 1997
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
12:42 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 921
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 | 258.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.73° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| 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.