The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1953
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
6:59 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 325.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.2° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.56° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.80° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.