The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
2:08 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 898
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 | 123.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.26° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.93° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.