The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
1:51 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1034
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.40° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.72° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.