The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2015
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
1:43 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 11.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.48° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.23° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.