The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
1:26 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1701
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.48° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.95° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.