The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 1976
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
8:20 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 141.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.70° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.96° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.