The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2042
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
9:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1478
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 | 222.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.64° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.61° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.