The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2053
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.73° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.01° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.