The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
4:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 835
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 | 164.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.6° / 333.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.66° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.15° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.