The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 2108
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2295
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 | 350.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.89° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.70° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.