The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2074
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
5:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1875
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 7:57 PM, is deepest at 9:53 PM and ends at 11:50 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.16° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.96° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.