The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1926
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
7:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 44
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 | 338.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.7° / 171.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.36° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.67° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.