The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
3:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 137.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.75° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.53° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.