The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1980
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
5:28 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.88° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.95° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.