The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 26, 2008
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
3:26 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 281.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.70° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.31° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.