The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
4:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2815
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 | 159.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.0° / 349.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -23.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.29° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.13° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.