The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2013
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
8:14 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 141.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.61° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.86° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.