The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 1937
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
7:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.2° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.27° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.28° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.