The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
4:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1974
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.9° / 356.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.28° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.57° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.