The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1987
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
9:44 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 8.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.94° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.80° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.