The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2076
Waxing Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1900
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.72° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.37° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.