The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 1943
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
4:26 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 254
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.04° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.53° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.