The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
5:27 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 167.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.91° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.13° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.