The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 2048
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
6:36 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1552
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.89° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.