The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 2015
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.35° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.41° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.