The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2024
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
10:10 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.9° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.62° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.25° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.