The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2096
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
9:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2147
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.04° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.83° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.