The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
1:10 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.47° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.13° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| 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.