The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1907
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
6:10 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.00° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.37° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.