The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 2016
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
12:27 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 255.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.27° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.01° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.