The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
2:38 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 328
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 | 133.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.82° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.53° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.