The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 2077
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:02 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1912
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.32° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.03° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.