The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1980
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
3:15 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 711
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 | 287.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.66° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.08° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.