The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
2:34 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1046
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 | 139.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.2° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -28.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.41° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.32° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.