The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 1954
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.54° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.19° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| 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.