The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1996
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
12:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.82° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.