The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1916
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
11:06 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.72° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.22° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.