The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 2079
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
8:03 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1936
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.7° / 179.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.30° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.85° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.