The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1924
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 92.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.60° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.37° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.