The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 26, 2008
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
1:59 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.64° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.