The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
5:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1181
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 | 163.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 345.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.05° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.59° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.