The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1959
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
1:10 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 259.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.63° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.24° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.