The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 1909
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
8:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -167
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 | 222.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.00° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.96° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.