The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
5:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 167.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.82° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.93° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.