The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
1:00 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -277
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 | 125.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.74° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.98° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| 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.