The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 1982
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
12:15 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 737
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.47° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.97° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.