The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
1:27 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1132
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 | 103.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.10° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.93° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.