The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2070
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
7:36 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1824
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.3° / 171.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.41° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.43° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.