The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Waxing Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 76.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.28° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.80° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.