The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1923
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
2:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 6
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 | 276.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.93° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.64° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.