The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2085
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
7:43 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2011
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 193.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.35° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.43° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.