The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1973
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
12:10 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 625
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 | 81.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.31° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.30° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.39° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.