The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 26, 2176
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
11:21 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3136
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.84° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.