The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1974
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 218.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.28° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.84° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.