The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2056
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
3:28 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 246.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 8.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.94° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.07° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.