The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 2156
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
9:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2888
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 | 225.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.02° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.98° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.