The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
1:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.14° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.76° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.