The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1918
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
8:21 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.19° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.35° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.