The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
12:58 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 997
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 82.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.66° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.53° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.