The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2053
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1615
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 | 260.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.02° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.85° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.