The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 2009
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
11:58 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1070
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 | 53.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.94° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.51° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.