The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2020
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
9:21 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 283.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.35° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.83° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.