The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
2:20 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 114.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.01° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.55° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.