The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
2:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 128.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.97° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.91° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| 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.