The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1971
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
6:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 601
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:55 PM, is deepest at 3:43 PM and ends at 5:31 PM. Totality lasts from 2:53 PM to 4:33 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 312.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.46° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.