The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 1917
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
9:48 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 229.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.15° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.