The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
3:27 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.86° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.93° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.