The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1962
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 53.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.82° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.86° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.