The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1900
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
7:42 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.78° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.49° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 352.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.