The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
11:07 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.91° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.49° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.