The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1640
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 | 170.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.14° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.77° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.