The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
1:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 304
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.56° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.51° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.