The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1901
Waning Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
10:09 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -266
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 | 238.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.33° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.57° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.