The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3384
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.6° / 5.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.68° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.15° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.