The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2148
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2789
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.92° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.59° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.