The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
5:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1540
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.1° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.34° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.98° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.