The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
1:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 292
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.15° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.70° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| 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.