The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2161
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
7:12 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2951
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 | 186.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.01° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.