The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 26, 2087
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
5:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2034
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.37° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.52° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.