The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 2043
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1490
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.20° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.99° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.