The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 2106
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.34° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.64° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.45° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.