The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1959
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
9:45 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.61° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.14° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.