The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1947
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 303
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 | 215.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.95° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.83° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.