The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1944
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
8:55 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 209.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.02° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.85° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.