The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
4:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 155.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 5.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.97° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.37° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.