The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1976
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
10:09 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.35° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.29° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.