The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2067
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
6:28 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1788
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.80° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.18° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.