The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
First Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
12:32 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1107
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.28° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.39° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.