The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
4:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 353.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.57° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.71° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| 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.