The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2016
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
10:48 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 44.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.52° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.69° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.