The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2061
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
12:03 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1714
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 | 244.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.81° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.22° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.