The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1946
First Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
1:31 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.04° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.55° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.