The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2130
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
10:18 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2568
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.40° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.55° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.