The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
3:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.67° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.55° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.