The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% 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
2:32 PM
1:18 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1936
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 | 97.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.64° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.39° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| 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.