The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 2004
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
1:03 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1009
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 | 255.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.30° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.