The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
1:41 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1157
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.22° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.66° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| 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.