The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
3:03 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 341
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 | 146.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.4° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.61° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.53° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.