The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2153
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
11:58 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2852
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.25° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.41° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.