The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
1:09 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.59° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.11° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.