The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1977
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
12:21 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 674
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 | 252.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.78° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.01° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.