The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1905
Waxing Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
11:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 73.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.34° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.68° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.