The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 2048
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
5:34 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1552
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.23° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.73° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.