The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 26, 2059
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
7:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1689
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.60° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.44° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.