The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 2038
Waxing Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1430
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 | 74.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.62° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.99° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.