The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
4:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1874
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.85° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.76° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.