The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 2157
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
10:02 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2900
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.52° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.37° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.