The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 1970
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
11:06 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 588
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.63° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.53° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.