The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1974
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
8:10 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.56° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.02° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.