The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1932
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
10:54 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 119
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 | 54.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.85° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.04° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.