The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
2:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2914
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.28° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.71° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.