The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
1:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 427
Events on this date
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.68° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.14° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.