The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1902
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
9:11 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -252
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 | 37.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.95° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.80° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.