The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.14° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.92° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.