The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1982
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
8:01 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 737
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 | 199.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.42° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.27° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.