The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1942
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
4:34 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.44° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.32° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.