The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
2:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2543
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 | 124.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.40° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.73° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.