The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2036
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
6:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1405
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:55 PM, is deepest at 10:51 PM and ends at 12:47 AM. Totality lasts from 10:03 PM to 11:39 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.89° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.