The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
5:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 7
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 342.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.51° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.74° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.