The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2180
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
7:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3186
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 | 192.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.38° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.2° |
| 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.