The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2012
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
12:16 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.93° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.73° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.