The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2001
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
12:20 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 80.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.12° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.67° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.17° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.