The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
5:04 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1775
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.53° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.17° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.