The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
4:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 44
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 354.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.69° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.30° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.