The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2171
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
11:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3075
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.20° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.02° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.