The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
1:28 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 113.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.67° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.72° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.