The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
4:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 935
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.8° / 347.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.74° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.93° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.