The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1951
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
3:12 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 353
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 | 279.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.81° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.87° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.