The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2073
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
10:44 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1863
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.54° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.52° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.