The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
2:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 145.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.7° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.65° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.71° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.