The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1990
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
11:06 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 836
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 | 56.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.37° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.63° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.