The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 1976
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
11:35 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.63° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.63° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.