The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1939
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
12:34 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 250.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.44° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.25° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.