The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2008
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
11:31 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.81° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.90° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.