The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
4:00 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3049
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 | 151.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.05° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.17° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.