The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1988
Last Quarter
48.1% 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
12:50 AM
2:08 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 810
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.15° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.43° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.