The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 2137
First Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
1:06 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2653
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.55° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.80° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.