The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
4:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 229
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 | 150.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 18.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.54° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.95° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.