The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1927
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
1:12 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.54° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.35° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.