The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1955
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
9:31 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 403
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 | 213.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.30° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.07° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.