The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1914
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
6:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -104
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.49° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.