The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
1:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.34° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.34° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.