The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 1957
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
8:15 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 352.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.10° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.16° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.