The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 5, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
1:16 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.12° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.55° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.