The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
2:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 123.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.06° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.33° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.