The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 2198
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
10:14 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3408
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.90° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.76° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.