The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2121
Waning Gibbous
58.5% 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
12:09 AM
1:08 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2455
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.40° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.