The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2097
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
6:35 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2158
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.07° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.58° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.