The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
2:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.46° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.32° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.