The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 26, 2173
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
6:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3098
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.49° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.