The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1956
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
7:39 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.6° / 177.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.92° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.07° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.