The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2041
First Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
1:10 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1466
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.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.80° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.75° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.