The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 1942
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
2:59 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.79° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.46° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.