The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 1946
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
7:42 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 291
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 | 335.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.5° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.11° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.69° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.