The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
1:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 192
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 | 114.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 71.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.38° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.94° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.