The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1920
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -30
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 | 259.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 13.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.85° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.67° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.