The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2138
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
9:08 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2667
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.80° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.23° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.