The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2072
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:38 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1850
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 | 264.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.14° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.64° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.