The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 2043
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
9:38 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1490
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.5° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.45° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.30° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 177.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.