The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
4:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.8° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.24° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.95° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.