The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1906
Waxing Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
11:04 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.31° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.47° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.