The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 1939
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
10:54 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 204
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 | 235.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.75° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.42° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.