The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1921
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
10:21 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.43° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.49° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.