The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 2078
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
6:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.02° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.61° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.