The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 1961
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
3:20 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.30° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.27° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.