The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1976
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
9:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.27° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.54° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.