The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2175
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
11:14 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3124
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.19° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.41° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.