The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:38 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 440
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.99° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.12° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.