The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 1931
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
12:32 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 105
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.18° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.03° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.