The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
4:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1504
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 | 155.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.1° / 0.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -25.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.29° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.94° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.