The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2040
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
8:23 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.8° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.00° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.29° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.