The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
2:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 122.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.08° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.12° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.