The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 26, 2017
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
11:20 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 35.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.84° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.17° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.