The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% 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
7:04 PM
2:47 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1034
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.19° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.53° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.