The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
5:56 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 230
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 | 172.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 325.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.58° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.16° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.