The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 26, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
3:17 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1986
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.6° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.84° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.34° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.