The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 26, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:19 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2257
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.97° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.38° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| 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.