The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
12:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.94° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.80° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.