The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2019
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1194
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 | 52.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 12.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.05° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.69° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.