The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 2022
First Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
1:00 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1231
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.42° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.57° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.