The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
2:32 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3248
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 | 127.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.07° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.52° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.