The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% 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
5:38 PM
2:48 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -30
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 | 132.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.03° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.49° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.