The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2141
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
10:44 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2704
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 | 56.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.99° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.05° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.