The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1924
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
11:54 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 19
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 | 50.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.62° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.24° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.