The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 1926
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
7:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 44
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.25° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.27° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| 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.