The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2013
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
7:44 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.3° / 166.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.93° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.26° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.