The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2050
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
12:01 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1578
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.62° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.34° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.