The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2057
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
5:09 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1664
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.04° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.15° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.