The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1917
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
7:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
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Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.04° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.34° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.