The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1913
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
10:18 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -117
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.84° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.21° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.