The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
3:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1516
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.8° / 5.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.32° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.74° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.