The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1988
Waning Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
4:42 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 293.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.77° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.28° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.