The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3284
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 | 153.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.7° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.09° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.36° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.