The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
12:47 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1232
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 | 105.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.62° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.