The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
4:39 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 130
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.7° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.37° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.35° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.