The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
1:50 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3012
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 | 103.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.37° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.18° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.