The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
4:52 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2715
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 | 163.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.1° / 340.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.39° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.38° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.