The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 2009
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
11:17 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1071
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 | 62.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.10° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.13° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.82° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.