The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
2:59 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2209
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.9° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.67° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.94° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.