The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1929
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
10:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.65° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.16° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.