The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 2050
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
8:24 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1577
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.65° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.02° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.