The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2051
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
7:37 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1589
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 | 340.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.7° / 171.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.26° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.64° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.