The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% 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
4:53 PM
1:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -42
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 | 120.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 71.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.91° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.89° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.