The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2091
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
1:24 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2085
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.95° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.22° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.