The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1986
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
9:15 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 785
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 | 354.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.6° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.32° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.12° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.