The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2034
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1380
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 | 261.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.11° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.03° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.