The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 2002
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
8:25 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.96° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.25° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| 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.