The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1983
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.51° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.46° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.