The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2081
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
9:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1962
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.53° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.19° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.