The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1976
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
11:19 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.76° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.81° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.