The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 2162
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
3:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2962
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.88° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.87° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.