The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
12:32 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1034
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.16° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.13° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.