The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 2174
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
12:33 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3111
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.59° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.81° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.