The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2023
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
12:20 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 247.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.75° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.61° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.