The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
12:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 96.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.41° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.48° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.34° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.