The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1945
Waning Gibbous
96.9% 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
10:20 PM
7:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 279
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 | 200.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.32° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.09° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| 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.