The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
12:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 105.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.57° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.59° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.