The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1904
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
3:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -228
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 | 295.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.06° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.44° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.