The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1943
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
11:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 255
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 | 60.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.90° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.79° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.