The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
5:34 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 308.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.19° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.18° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.