The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
2:00 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2913
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.17° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.56° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| 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.