The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 2020
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
12:14 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 78.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.76° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.36° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.