The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 2021
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
7:49 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1218
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 | 205.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.11° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.40° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| 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.