The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2097
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
8:31 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2159
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.7° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.04° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.47° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.