The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
3:02 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.2° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.93° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.91° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.