The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
9:59 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.42° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.37° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.