The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 2011
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
4:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 304.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.59° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.51° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.