The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1991
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
6:01 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 848
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 | 312.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.85° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.19° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.