The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2107
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
9:11 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.97° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.81° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| 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.