The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
3:28 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1849
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 | 134.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.88° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.20° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.