The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 2004
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.58° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.21° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.