The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1917
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
11:09 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 83.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.54° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.01° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.