The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 1948
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
11:31 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 240.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.06° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.