The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2102
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
1:10 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2220
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 | 260.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.58° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.