The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1937
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
8:31 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 181
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.59° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.17° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 351.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.