The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1986
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
12:07 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 786
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 | 247.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.72° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.43° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.