The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 2165
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
8:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2999
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.13° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.78° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.