The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
3:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.92° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.54° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.