The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2012
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
11:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.95° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.41° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.