The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
12:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 861
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 | 104.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 87.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.96° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.18° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.74° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.