The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2046
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:49 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 58.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.70° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.66° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.