The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1936
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
10:40 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 168
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.46° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.