The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
3:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 144.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.58° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.74° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.