The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2196
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
9:26 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3384
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 12.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.79° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.59° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.