The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 477
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 | 163.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.00° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.11° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.