The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 2020
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
7:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.21° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.02° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.