The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
3:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2073
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 | 138.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.45° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.17° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.