The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1976
Waning Crescent
12.5% 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
3:15 AM
6:03 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.64° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.22° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.