The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 1906
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
7:42 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.88° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.75° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.