The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1970
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
10:33 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.72° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.65° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.