The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 26, 2028
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
11:51 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1305
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.62° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.71° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.