The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1981
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
4:35 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 300.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.78° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.16° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.