The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1976
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
5:11 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.3° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.26° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.97° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.