The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 26, 2076
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
5:50 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1899
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.58° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.96° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.