The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1955
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
7:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.85° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.25° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.