The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1991
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
3:44 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 847
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 | 289.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.52° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.30° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.