The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 2164
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
8:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2987
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.75° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.39° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.