The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2005
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
9:46 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 16.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.04° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.17° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.