The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1976
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:29 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.57° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.05° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.