The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2000
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
12:16 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 959
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.59° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.24° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.