The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 1951
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
10:26 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.97° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.46° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.