The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 2024
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
12:29 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1256
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 | 250.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.03° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.03° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.