The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1935
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
11:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 156
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.08° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.14° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.