The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2056
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
5:08 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.80° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.95° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.