The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 2012
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
9:28 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 218.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.98° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.61° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.