The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 2168
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
11:36 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3036
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.97° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.79° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.