The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1994
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
7:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 885
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 | 351.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 149.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.25° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.33° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.