The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1970
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
3:42 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 284.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.17° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.68° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.