The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 1923
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
3:48 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 7
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 | 290.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.63° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.51° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.