The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1913
Waxing Crescent
23.4% 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
10:29 AM
10:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -116
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 | 57.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -5.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.39° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.33° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.