The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 1908
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
12:16 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.55° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.43° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.