The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2167
Waning Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3025
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.92° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.04° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.