The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 68.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.94° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.02° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.