The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 26, 2023
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
1:34 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1243
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.65° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.17° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.