The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1976
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
11:33 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.13° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.46° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.