The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 1918
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
9:41 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.60° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.87° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.