The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 10, 1926
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
9:46 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 44
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 113.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.54° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.22° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.