The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
5:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 165.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.2° / 336.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.27° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.31° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.