The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
2:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1838
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 | 132.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.13° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.95° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.