The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1931
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 106
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.00° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.87° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.