The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 2005
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
11:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -11.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.81° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.60° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| 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.