The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
1:48 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.15° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.75° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.