The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1956
Waning Gibbous
87.3% 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
10:28 PM
10:03 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.21° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.46° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.