The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1901
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:34 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.24° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.38° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.