The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1906
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
5:37 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -204
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 | 187.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.84° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.