The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 1999
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
1:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 946
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.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.33° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.66° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| 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.