The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2092
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
10:43 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2098
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.32° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.69° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.