The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 26, 2081
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
11:06 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1960
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.28° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.56° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.