The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
2:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 129.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.32° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.11° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.