The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1983
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
5:04 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 748
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 | 308.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.14° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.96° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.