The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
1:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.38° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.92° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.