The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2063
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
9:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1739
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.73° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.80° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.