The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2001
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:37 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 206.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.62° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.04° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.