The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 1976
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
10:43 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.54° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.05° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.