The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2143
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
4:54 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2728
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 | 301.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.78° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.79° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.94° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.