The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1933
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:22 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 131
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 | 191.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.16° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.