The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
12:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 98.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.21° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.52° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.