The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1976
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
12:40 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.97° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.77° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.