The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 2068
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
12:07 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1800
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 | 79.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.69° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.59° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.