The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2186
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3260
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 | 250.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.63° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.79° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.85° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| 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.