The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
2:10 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2679
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.79° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.53° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.