The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 1928
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
11:50 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 69
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 | 243.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.01° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.06° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.