The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1928
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
9:25 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 68
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 | 221.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.97° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.25° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.