The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 2117
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
12:51 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2406
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -5.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.57° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.00° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.