The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
4:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 365
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.5° / 320.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -27.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.46° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.55° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.