The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1912
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
11:45 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -130
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 | 258.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.97° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.