The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 1998
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
11:02 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 31.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.58° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.98° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.