The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1976
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
11:56 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.96° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.58° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.