The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 7, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
2:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.60° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.13° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.